KEEPING WITH THE CLASSICS

Do you have someone in your life who plays with cars, watches cars, works on cars, dreams about cars, buys stuff for cars, has a favourite car or stops whatever he’s doing to watch a car coming down the road? Then Stampin' Up! have the perfect suite to get them all revved up! The Classic Garage suite is a brilliant way to cover lots of ground (pun intended).

 If you are a beginner stamper, maybe start off with the You're A Classic card, and see  how colouring can fix up any project. If you are are more casual,you could step things up a notch with some punches and some of those manly tool embellishments. Of course for those avid stampers, break out the dies and make the All Geared Up card.

No matter what type of crafter you are, you can give your significant car lover a homemade gift from the heart.


This isn't just a Father's Day set.....

It's for all classic car lovers in your life.

Hop on over to my Online shop and check out the set.

Stamparatus Technique Series: Video #4 Stamping on Pre-Die Cut Pieces

I have been one of the lucky ones that managed to preorder this great tool and I have had so much fun playing with it. You are going to be blown away when you get your hands on one, "it is an amazing tool"
Check out the final technique video.

Wednesday class

This Wednesday morning class will be the last class till after Easter. This was a requested class. The request was for "simple" but can we then have steps on making the same design stepped up.  I am happy to say I love what we are going to be doing.

When: 
Wednesday 28th March 10am
Cost: $10
Where: Zena's Craft Studio in Wellington Point (email me for the address)

Please RSVP which class you wish to attend, so that I can prepare all the kits.
Please bring your ‘basic kit’ to each class. This includes a paper trimmer, tape runner, double sided foam tape, multipurpose liquid adhesive and scissors.

* If you are a beginner and do not have a kit, there will be kits available for sale.

Any-Occasion Mini Banners

Banners are always in style and a cute way to wish someone a happy birthday, congrats or thanks. The Any Occasion Stamp Set can do more than that with its photopolymer versatility. Check out this video for some tips. If you’re not already in love with this set, then you’ll definitely have to have it after you see what you can do with it!

Happy Birthday Little Lady

One of my special friends had a birthday recently. She is special so I had to make her one of my  special Little Ladies.

She has a beautiful voice so my lady is holding a sparkly microphone. The dress top is made from one of our paper Doilies. Also a little piece was used for the cap. The background was made from Espresso Coordinations card. She loved it and I loved making it for her.

Another reason why I love Stampin Up

The other night I found yet another reason why I love Stampin Up. Everything coordinates. The card stock, the inks, the ribbons, the brads. It just makes things so easy.

The other night I had a friend over to have a play in my art room. She wanted to make a special 50th birthday card. She had heaps of card of her own but it was not Stampin Up card so nothing really coordinated very well.  I asked her what she had in mind. She wanted a cake that had a 50 on the top and kinda exploded with stars.  I drew up some designs for her and she tried various ways of getting things to look nice. By the end of the night she had tried various combinations but nothing quite worked. She had so desperately wanted to use her own card but realised that maybe using coordinating products would have helped.

Once she left I got out my card and worked on the designs I had suggested to her. I changed the cake to a stack of parcels and put it on the inside of the card instead of the front. I created a Pop-up with the parcels and a 40 (my dear SIL is turning 40 ) on the top with scrolls* coming out of the top parcel.
I added some pennants to the top to make it look like a celebration and looped them through linen thread. The front I used the same Pool Party card stock then layered  Attic Boutique DSP from the Autumn Winter mini catalogue. I stamped the cute little Seal from Under the Big Top stamp set on page 33 and coloured it with the Aqua painters.  Cut it out with the large oval punch and mounted it on a Soft Suede, Designer Frame found on page 157 which I then distressed. Stamping "Happy Birthday (to you)" also from the Under the Big Top stamp set, on the bottom to complete the card.

All of this went together so easily as everything coordinated. Just another reason why I love Stampin Up.

* Scrolls were created using my 1 3/4 inch circle punch and then cutting round and round like you were peeling an apple or orange.